Our Sailors Gallant Deeds Of The British Navy During Victorias Reign

Author : W. H. G. Kingston
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ISBN 13 : 9781480227675
Total Pages : 224 pages
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Author : William Henry Giles Kingston
Publisher : Good Press
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Total Pages : 266 pages
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Download or read book Our Sailors: Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign written by William Henry Giles Kingston and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-19 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Our Sailors: Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign' is a historical account written by William Henry Giles Kingston. The book details the brave acts of the Royal Navy during the 19th century, including the War on the coast of Syria in 1840, the Bombardment and capture of Acre on November 3rd, 1840, and the suppression of piracy in Borneo under Rajah Brooke. This thrilling narrative of British naval heroism during the reign of Queen Victoria showcases the courage and bravery of the sailors who served their country with distinction.

Author : William Henry Giles Kingston
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1465596844
Total Pages : 394 pages
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Download or read book Our Sailors: Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign written by William Henry Giles Kingston and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ÒLet fall the topsails, hoist awayÑup anchor, round goes the capstanÑsheet homeÑhaul taut the braces! and away we glide, to prove to our countrymen that British sailors have not been sleeping on beds of roses for the last quarter of a century since her gracious Majesty Queen Victoria came to the throne.Ó So wrote our author some forty years ago. ÒUp anchor, full speed ahead,Ó is, we suppose, the modern equivalent for his nautical simile, and very prosaic and commonplace it sounds; but we shall find that the romance of the Navy did not go out with the last of the sailing frigates, and that the age of steam and electricity, of enormous ironclads and rapid cruisers, affords as great a scope for individual daring, resource, and heroism as the days of sailing frigates and boarding parties; and that though in recent years our sailors have not had many chances of using their weapons on the sea, the Naval Brigade has taken its part in many an expedition, on land, and on all occasions the British tar has proved himself a worthy successor to the heroes of Trafalgar and the Nile. During the earlier years of the Great QueenÕs reign her sailors had little to do in the fighting line, though on the West Coast of Africa the slave traffic gave occasion to many a lively skirmish, and on other seas various events from time to time afforded an opportunity for showing that their weapons were as effective as of old.

Author : William Henry Giles Kingston
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Author : Kingston William Henry Giles
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781318864423
Total Pages : 404 pages
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Download or read book Our Sailors Gallant Deeds of the British Navy During Victoria's Reign written by Kingston William Henry Giles and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-23 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Author : William H. G. Kingston
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780484206273
Total Pages : 338 pages
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Download or read book Our Sailors, Or Anecdotes of the Engagements and Gallant Deeds of the British Navy During the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria (Classic Reprint) written by William H. G. Kingston and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-08-09 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Our Sailors, or Anecdotes of the Engagements and Gallant Deeds of the British Navy During the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria The following pages will be found to contain accounts of a considerable number of the gallant actions per formed by naval men since Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria came to the throne; but it in no way aims at being a complete Naval History Of her reign. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : W. H. G. Kingston
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Total Pages : 330 pages
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Download or read book Our Sailors Gallant Deeds of the British Navy During Victoria's Reign - W. H. G. Kingston written by W. H. G. Kingston and published by . This book was released on 2009-12-07 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A passage from the book... "Let fall the topsails, hoist away-up anchor, round goes the capstan-sheet home-haul taut the braces! and away we glide, to prove to our countrymen that British sailors have not been sleeping on beds of roses for the last quarter of a century since her gracious Majesty Queen Victoria came to the throne." So wrote our author some forty years ago. "Up anchor, full speed ahead," is, we suppose, the modern equivalent for his nautical simile, and very prosaic and commonplace it sounds; but we shall find that the romance of the Navy did not go out with the last of the sailing frigates, and that the age of steam and electricity, of enormous ironclads and rapid cruisers, affords as great a scope for individual daring, resource, and heroism as the days of sailing frigates and boarding parties; and that though in recent years our sailors have not had many chances of using their weapons on the sea, the Naval Brigade has taken its part in many an expedition, on land, and on all occasions the British tar has proved himself a worthy successor to the heroes of Trafalgar and the Nile.During the earlier years of the Great Queen's reign her sailors had little to do in the fighting line, though on the West Coast of Africa the slave traffic gave occasion to many a lively skirmish, and on other seas various events from time to time afforded an opportunity for showing that their weapons were as effective as of old.

Author : W. H. G. Kingston
Publisher : Tutis Digital Pub
ISBN 13 : 9788132022954
Total Pages : 244 pages
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Author : Alfred Cotgreave
Publisher : London : E. Stock
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Download or read book A Contents-subject Index to General and Periodical Literature written by Alfred Cotgreave and published by London : E. Stock. This book was released on 1900 with total page 860 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Harold E. Raugh
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810874679
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Download or read book Anglo-Zulu War, 1879 written by Harold E. Raugh and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 685 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Anglo-Zulu War was one of many colonial campaigns in which the British Army served as the instrument of British imperialism. The conflict, fought against a native adversary the British initially under-estimated, is remarkable for battles that included perhaps the most humiliating defeat in British military history-the Battle of Isandlwana, January 22, 1879-and one of its most heroic feats of martial arms-the defense of Rorke's Drift, January 22-23, 1879. While lasting only six months, it is one of the most examined, studied, and debated conflicts in Victorian military history. Anglo-Zulu War, 1879: A Selected Bibliography is a research guide and tool for identifying obscure publications and source materials in order to encourage continued original and thought-provoking contributions to this popular field of historical study. From the student or neophyte to the study of the Anglo-Zulu War, its battles, and its opponents to the more experienced historian or scholar, this selected bibliography is a must for anyone interested in the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War.